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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-4

…collection, the amount of the contribution is increased by 10%.III - The increase may be raised to 40% if the document containing the information has not been filed within thirty days of receipt of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-2

When a syndicat de communes already exercises, on behalf of the communes that make it up, the competencies set by the present code for communities of agglomerations or communities of communes, this sy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-4

I.-The early access authorisation may be renewed. Renewal is the subject of an application by the holder of this authorisation addressed to the Haute Autorité de santé, the ministers responsible for h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-4

…n return for these licences shall be reasonable. Under the conditions provided for in articles L. 324-8-1 à L. 324-8-6, appropriate licences issued by an approved collective management organisation ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-4

I.-When the detention of goods suspected of infringing a registered trademark is implemented after a request referred to in Article L. 716-8 has been accepted, the goods suspected of infringing the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40-1

…raph of II of article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed extension of the community perimeter is decided by the representative of the St…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Access by the National Commission to information covered by medical confidentiality

Article R1142-41-1

The communication to the National Commission for Medical Accidents, in application of article L. 1142-10, of information covered by medical confidentiality shall be the subject of a written and reason…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-1

…l basis, the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of l'article 111 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoria…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-5

I.-For the application of Article L. 111-4-1, the following sports and leisure articles are subject to the provisions of this article: 1° Bicycles, as defined in Article 1 of Decree no. 2016-364 of 29…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…meaning of Title IV of Book III, constituted at the level of the insurance undertaking, Article R. 441-7-1 and the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21 do not apply. II. - For agreements entered into…

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